[Cotillion]

Duration: 8

Year Published: 1940s

Creator: [filmmaker, Joseph Cornell].

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Cornell, Joseph.; Jordan, Larry E., 1947-

Description: Cornell gave this film to Larry Jordan to complete. Jordan left Cornell's original editing sequence intact, assembling the footage according to Cornell's written instructions. The construction took place at Anthology Film Archives in 1969 or 1970. Jordan also completed The children's party and Midnight party.; No titles, credits, or date on film; information supplied from: title on can and leader and Visionary film / P. Adams Sitney.; Running time at 24 fps: 07:20.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; [Editor, Larry Jordan.]; Sitney, P. Adams. Visionary film. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 348; Re-edited found footage of silent home movies showing children's birthday parties. The footage is manipulated, freezing frames of children as if holding the moment. Women and children dance, bob for apples, and play at parties. Magicians entertain the children, with a man throwing knives at a woman. This film was made with the same footage as Cornell's film Children's party.; PFA 1604-01-3100. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 19 Sept 1992; scratches; Good condition: few scratches, no splices

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE